Linnaean classification LIB0039697

Linnaean classification LIB0039697Colour plate depicting Linnaean classification dated 1803 published by Samuel Curtis. One of two plates from 'Linnus's System of Botany' by William Curtis (1746 1799) published as an educational work for botany students.

Watercolour of Dianthus chinensis (Chinese pink) by Caroline Maria Applebee painted c

Watercolour of Jasmine leaves and blossom by an unidentified Chinese artist

ivy-leaved toadflax)

Ipsea speciosa by the artist Harmanis de Alwis Seneviratna from a bound volume of 'Cingalese Drawings'

The warrants displayed on the cover denote that Carters supplied seeds and bulbs to members of the Royal Family at this time

Two peony varieties identified as Ruriban and Saigyo-Zakura from a catalogue produced by the Yokohama Nursery Company

Watercolour on silk of scene with pigeons in a tree by an unknown chinese artist

Watercolour of 'Syringa des jardins' (Philadelphus coronarius) and a bird's nest with eggs taken from volume II of 'Flore du désert: receuil des fleurs odorantes dans un coin consacré à une amie'

Erythronium amercianum

Watercolour entitled Rosa Chinensis by Caroline Maria Applebee painted c

Watercolour on vellum of Vanilla plenifolia flowers (vanilla) by Claude Aubriet

surprise lily) from one of four bound albums of paintings by anonymous Chinese artists purchased by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912